MV Africa Mercy

  • Ingrid
  • Dronning Ingrid

Bureau Veritas

IMO no. 7803188

The Africa Mercy is a hospital ship of the Christian aid organization Mercy Ships. It is free medical treatment of humans. The Africa Mercy is currently the world's largest hospital ship in the non-state order.

History

The ship was built in 1978-1980 under the hull number 418 on the Danish shipyard Helsingor Helsingør Værft AS as a train ferry for the Danske Statsbaner. The delivery of the ship to the customer in August 1980.

The ship was first in the Kattegat on the routes Korsør - used Copenhagen - Nyborg and Helsingborg. As of early 1997, the ship sailed for a few months for Scandlines A / S.

In March 1999, the ship of Royal Mercy Valletta Ltd. was. sold and initially renamed Ingrid. The purchase was financed by a donation from the Balcraig Foundation. Subsequently, the conversion of the ship to the hospital ship on the A & P shipyard in Newcastle, where the ship was renamed in April 2000 in Africa Mercy was. The reconstruction, which was completed in March 2007, cost around 45 million euros.

Specifications

The ship was initially measured with 10,606 GRT / NRT 5088 and had a capacity of 5,199 tons. On board there was room for up to 2,280 passengers. Four railway tracks were on board with a length of 494 meters. In addition, it was up to 200 cars to be transported, stood for the 625 lane meters available.

After conversion to a hospital ship, the ship with 16,572 GRT / 4,971 NRZ is measured and has a capacity of 4,150 tons. Railway tracks and car decks were removed during remodeling.

The ship is powered by six sixteen -cylinder, four -stroke diesel engines with a combined capacity of 18726 kW. The motors operate at two propellers and give the ship a speed of up to 20 knots. The B & W diesel engines ( 16U28LU ) were built by Alpha - diesel.

Facilities

The ship has eight decks. On the upper deck there is space for 484 crew members. The hospital, which occupies an area of ​​around 1,200 square meters, is located on the former Fährdecks. It has 78 beds. In addition, an intensive care unit available. The six operating rooms are designed for up to 7000 operations per year.

Sister ships

Sister ships are the Scandlines ferries Kronprins Prins Frederik and Joachim.

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